44,587 Japanese volunteers with/without illness, who were interested in receiving laying-on-of-hands

Procedure: Okada Purifying Therapy

Each participant received a single session of Okada Purifying Therapy lasting 30 minutes or longer, administered by a voluntary certified practitioner.

Other Names:

laying-on-of-hands

biofield therapy

Therapeutic touch

Detailed Description:

Laying-on-of-hands is applied in many different situations; however, most reports published previously described its efficacy in a clinical setting, with its administration conducted by a few expert practitioners. This study aimed to determine the symptomatic changes after a single session of the Okada Purifying Therapy, a form of laying-on-of-hands, in various settings, and to analyze factors influencing the outcomes.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Sampling Method:

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Any Japanese people who were interested in receiving laying-on-of-hands

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

able to receive laying-on-of-hands for 30 minutes or longer from the investigators

able to self-evaluate the change of their symptoms

competent to answer the Japanese questionnaires

aged 16 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

those who did not match the inclusion criteria

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01316029